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Rocket: Ariane 5 ES; Payload: ATV 5 "Georges Lemaître"; Date: 29 July, 2347:38 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. Ariane 5 delivered a record payload performance in successfully lofting this fifth and final ATV spacecraft for the European Space Agency (ESA), which resupplies the International Space Station (ISS). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014073000
ESA’s billion-star surveyor, Gaia, is now ready to begin its five-year science phase, but the commissioning also uncovered some unexpected anomalies. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014073001
ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has climbed to a new orbit following its aerobraking experiment, and will now resume observations of the planet for at least a few more months. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014073002
SES announced it is now controlling nearly half of its growing fleet from a new satellite operations centre at its commercial sales and satellite engineering office in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014073003 Pensionados la dosis viagra mujeres sociedad en general, en todo el país. Durante un período de ocho semanas cuantas clases de viagra existen…
Eutelsat Communications and MultiChoice Africa have inked a far-reaching agreement that will ensure the continuing expansion of the DStv pay-TV platform over the coming 15 years. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014073004
Asia at Night. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory [Via Satellite 07-30-2014] The number of Direct-to-Home (DTH) subscribers in Asia is set to nearly double between 2013 and 2018. This was one of the key findings of a major new report by Media Partners Asia (MPA). MPA predicts that DTH numbers in Asia will reach 110 million…
Digital Rendering of Eutelsat 36C. Photo: Airbus Defence and Space [Via Satellite 07-30-2014] MultiChoice Africa has purchased the entire 15 Ku-band transponder payload on Eutelsat’s upcoming satellite Eutelsat 36C. The satellite is scheduled to launch in 2015. MultiChoice plans to use the capacity for Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) channels, along with in-orbit…
An Orbcomm GES facility in South Korea. Photo: Orbcomm [Via Satellite 07-30-2014] Mahd Telecom, Orbcomm’s, Oman-based national service provider partner, has received regulatory approval to provide Orbcomm services in Oman. Following the authorization, Orbcomm plans to build a Gateway Earth Station (GES) in the country and is able to complete the licensing process for spectrum.…
Global XpressPhoto: Inmarsat [Via Satellite 07-30-2014] Boeing, working with ViaSat, has signed its first U.S. government customer for Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX). Boeing reports the customer has rights to military Ka-band capacity on the first GX satellite, Inmarsat 5, until Sept. 30, 2015. Inmarsat is launching three high throughput satellites (HTS) for GX, with the…
Rocket: Delta IV Medium-plus (4,2); Payload: two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites, Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space (ANGELS); Date: 28 July 2014, 2328 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014072900 Όσον αφορά τη στυτική δυσλειτουργία, το ελαιόλαδο φαίνεται πως προωθεί τη διαστολή της αρτηρίας που βελτιώνει τη…